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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

Security vulnerability with MAX CPLD's !!

I'm currently using an EPM3256 CPLD in a prototype to prove a design and was thinking of using the same CPLD in the final revision until a colleague alerted me to possible security vulnerabilities wi...
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14 years ago

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Well yes, but if it's more expensive to pay a cracker to write a crack than buy a licence (or let's say 10 licenses), then it isn't worth doing that. But if a cracker can hack a software in a hour, then the problem is in the software security itself.

You know that Your software can be cracked somehow right? Except how much time would it take to do it..?

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Labor is a lot cheaper in china and some of these crackers look upon cracking as a challenge rather than for remuneration ;)